So I was thinking about the vitapod slot. It doesn't really do much, holds a vitapod, replaces lower level ones with higher level ones, etc. And then for some reason I thought about putting vials in the vitapod slot. And after thinking about it for a bit, I decided that it was a somewhat decent idea and I should share it.

Pretty much what you do is:

Drag vial to vitapod slot, vitapod gets dropped, no more bonus to health
To pick up another vitapod, you have to drag the vial back to the top bar first
Swords and guns gain ability to inflict vial's status through both normal and charge attacks. Bombs gain ability to inflict status only during explosion (e.g. shivermist will only inflict vial's status during the main explosion, not when an enemy goes through the mist) The power of the status is calculated like this:

normal = 0 star + 3 = 3 points
super = 2 star + 3 = 5 points
ultra = 4 star + 3 = 7 points

Subtract the number of stars from the points. (e.g. Divine Avenger while having ultra stun vial = 7-5 = 2 points)
The resulting point value is the power.
1 point or less is minor, 2 points is moderate, 3 points or more is major

If the weapon already inflicts a status effect, it gets replaced by the new one. (Because having a weapon that both freezes and burns just doesn't make sense)

Now I haven't thought about this too much balance-wise, just getting the idea out there. Any constructive input is welcome!